Category Archives: In the News

Discourse Media shares a new tool: a custom dataset documenting police-reported rates of violence against women in Canada from 2008-2015, which includes data on more than 600 communities – Violence Against Women in Canada – Discourse Media Shares National Data. PDF of … Continue reading →

This article from the Times Colonist explores how the deaths of two young girls in Oak Bay, who had been the subject of a custody dispute, have prompted debate about how judges decide cases involving allegations of domestic violence – Girls’ … Continue reading →

EVA BC’s Executive Director Tracy Porteous was interviewed on CFAX 1070’s The Drive with Mark Brennae about the two young sisters who were found dead in an Oak Bay home on Christmas Day – CFAX 1070 Interview with Tracy Porteous – Oak … Continue reading →

EVA BC’s Executive Director Tracy Porteous was interviewed by Al Ferraby on CFAX1070 about Time Magazine naming “The Silence Breakers” as its 2017 Person of the Year, and to also speak about the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence … Continue reading →

This What’s Up Yukon article spotlights a recent visit by JR LaRose to the Yukon to deliver Be More Than A Bystander presentations to five different schools in Whitehorse, Haines Junction, Watson Lake and Dawson, reaching close to 1,000 youth with … Continue reading →

This CBC article spotlights challenges experienced by the Tamitik Status of Women shelter in Kitimat, which has been turning people away because it has been at capacity continuously since March. Includes an interview with EVA BC’s Executive Director about how resource-dependent … Continue reading →

On December 1, 2017 the BC Government announced a one time cash infusion of $5 million dollars to support women and children affected by violence. These funds will directly support member programs of the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia … Continue reading →

The Campbell River Mirror article reports that the Campbell River City Council voted to provide $2,500 to support the Be More Than A Bystander campaign. Council received a letter from Campbell River Family Services (CRFS) in follow up to a … Continue reading →

A new initiative studying femicide cases in Canada has just been launched out of the University of Guelph. The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability is an initiative of U of G’s Centre for the Study of Social and … Continue reading →

This Surrey Now-Leader article spotlights a rally that took place on the steps of the Vernon Courthouse earlier today to remember the life of Vernon teenager Tracy Genereaux, whose remains were found on a north Okanagan property in October. The … Continue reading →